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William Shatner Confirms He is Not in New Star Trek Movie, Talks Young Kirk Story in The Academy Collision Course

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By GustavoLeao / 23:56, 9 September 2007 / Star Trek: Nemesis

National Ledger just posted an exclusive interview with Star Trek star William Shatner, in which he talks about J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek movie and also his prequel Trek novel The Academy Collision Course. Here are few excerpts from the article.

Asked if he will be joining the cast of the soon-to-shoot Abrams' film, Shatner said "I'm not. They haven't invited me to do it,". The actor figures the movie forces have solved the problem of dealing with the aging version of his iconic character, James T. Kirk, by having a "dead Kirk." As for who'll play young, alive Kirk, "It seems they're looking for an unknown, so I have no idea. I don't have a finger on that pulse. I've barely got a finger on my own pulse," Shatner said. "I feel sort of like a wallflower. I'll watch the dance from the wings."

Regarding The Academy Collision Course, Shatner's October-release Star Trek prequel book, he said "It's the story of young Kirk and Spock and the forces that molded them. I used the Darfur situation for what generates the excitement. A conflict in which there are child soldiers -- and Kirk and Spock are not much older than those child soldiers."

Shatner's take on young Kirk and Spock days at Starfleet Academy will get out to the public way ahead of the film, which starts production in November and have a similar premise. "It's a coincidence," he says. "In this book, the publisher is putting a fronticepiece saying that this is the artist's unique vision."

The full interview is here.



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By: Yesterday's Lemmiwinks (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:27:57 on Sep 10, 2007 | Edit History (1)

If you'd prefer to let yourself be played by the piper, be my guest. These people know what they're doing, Shatner included. You'll notice how I used "pout" in quotation marks myself... he's not really pouting, he's putting on a show so people like you and me will bitch about it publicly... which, in turn, feeds the mind-share machine.

But you go right ahead and take what Hollywood-types say at face value...

One more thing: Unlike Nimoy, Shatner is a media-whore (Invasion Iowa, anyone?). Stunts like this are not below the realm of what that guy will do to hype a project.

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